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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)By S. 78 of the Constitution, executive authority was vested in the Queen as Head of State but she acted on the advice of Nigerian Ministers.
Nigeria is, at present, a federal constitutional monarchy with the Queen as Head of State, represented in Nigeria by a Governor-General and by Governors in the three Regions.
Nigeria's sovereignty was divided between three Regional Governments and a Federal One. Because, the Queen was an absent sovereign, she was represented in Nigeria by a Governor-General at the centre and by Governors in the regions.